Advertising- device



J. W. ELVYN.

ADVERTISING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 13. 1916.

Patented Aug. 15, 1916.

JACOB W. ELVYN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 15, 19116..

Application filed March 13, 1916. Serial No. 83,762.

To all whom it, may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB W. ELVYN, a

' citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Advertising Devices, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to amusement devices, particularly to puzzles, and is con cerned especially with a puzzle device which may be used practically and attractively for advertising purposes, being pecullarly constructed for transmission through the mails.

In accordance with my invention I provide a card, of such size that it may conveniently be sent through the mails, either by itself or in an envelop, and I score or perforate upon predetermined lines on said card to outline geometrical figures preferably of uniform size and shape. The unitary construction which thus results accomplishes the first purpose set forth and suitable printing matter may be impressed upon the face of the card, on one or both sides. The

recipients then divide the card according to the perforated lines, .or scoring, thus producing the intended multiplicity of similar portions which may, for the purposes of amusement, be shufiied and then laid together in such a way as to join properly the printed matter thereon. If desired, the various units may bevariously colored, or sets of units may be variously colored, so that when laid together they may produce an effective geometrical design, thus adding to the interest in laying the units together. As

a further feature of my invention, I so dispose the printing matter thereon that the lines of some of the letters appear coincident with the perforated lines or scoring, and in this way the proper joining of the units is made a little more difficult. In so disposing the printed matter upon the card, the certain lines of the letters readily appear when the units are laid together, but practically disappear to the eye when the units are separated.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which the card itself is illustrated at a, the entire card being divided up into diamond shaped units of uniform size by means of perforated lines or scoring 6 I), thus, although the card is originally integral, the component units may be readily detached from each other to form the puzzle set. As shown, the printed matter is so disposed on the card that certain of the letters thereof are coincident with the perforated lines or scoring, for the purpose hereinbefore pointed out. The fact that the puzzle set is originally in integral condition, not only makes it easily transmissible through the mails, but also simplifies the printing, as will be apparent. It also simplifies handling of the puzzle set since each card constitutes a set and thus eliminates the inconvenience of printing the units separately and apportioning the sets by distribution as might otherwise be necessary.

The complete aggregated units determine the periphery of the card and also presents within the periphery a geometric design.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that other shapes of units may be employed without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, and it is my intention therefore not to be limited to the diamond shaped units which I have illustrated. I'prefer, however, to-use a geometrical design which contains vertical lines since such a design lends itself more effectively to thefurther idea of making certain lines of the printed matter coincide with certain of the perforated lines or scorings.

It will be noted that the figure I have shown is a geometrically regular one, which is the referred form since such a figure may be ma e to assume its regularity even though the sections are misplaced so far as printed matter is concerned. In this way,the'matter of laying the sections together is made a bit more diflicult.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A card divided up into sections by perforated lines or scor'ings, printed matter on 2 meme? said card as a Whole, certain lines of said ing with certain of said perforated lines or printed matter colneldlng with certain of scorings. said perforated hnes or scorlngs. In witness whereof, I hereunto subscrlbe 10 2. A card divided up into diamondmy name this 11th day of March, A. D.

shaped sections by perforated lines or scor- 1916.

ings, printed matter on said card as a Whole, certain lines of said printed matter coincid- J ACOB W. ELVYN. 

